TAP CITY 2009 TRAVELS FROM JOE'S PUB TO LINCOLN CENTER TO SYMPHONY SPACE.
WEEK OF JULY 6-11 INCLUDES PERFORMANCES, ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY, A TAP
JAM, AND A WEEK OF MORNING-TO-NIGHT CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR TAPPERS OF ALL
LEVELS, STYLES, AND AGES, TAUGHT BY A STELLAR STAFF.

"The summer Tap City festival is always breezy,
hard-dancing fun." The New York
Times

Tap City 2009, Tony Waag, director, begins its celebration of tap, that
unique American dance form, with a Tap Jam at Joe's Pub (July 6), makes a
midtown stop at Lincoln Center for the 2009 Tap City Awards Ceremony (July ,
and continues uptown to Symphony Space for performances of adult students,
young tappers, and "The Main Event," with some of the best tappers in the
world (July 9 & 10). Highlights of this 9th Annual Tap City are the
recreations of two Brenda Bufalino works, made possible by grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three
Centuries of Artistic Genius.

Performance Schedule

JAM @ JOE'S
Opening Night Tap Jam at Joe's Pub
Monday July 6, 9:30 to 11 PM
Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street (bet. E. 4th & Astor
Place)
Tickets: $12
Reservations: 212-967-7555 or _www.joespub.com_ (http://www.joespub.com/)
or at the Public Theater box office
The American Tap Dance Foundation kicks off its annual weeklong
festival, Tap
City, with this up close and personal event. Produced in assocation with
Awoye Timpo, tappers from around the world will join forces for a night of
tap improvisation. The live jazz trio features Bernice (Boom-Boom)
Brooks on drums, Jess Jurkovic on piano, and Joe Fonda on bass. The evening
will be hosted by Barbara Duffy, a tap veteran known and respected around
the world as a dancer/teacher.

THE 2009 TAP CITY AWARDS CEREMONY
Wednesday July 8, 8 to 9:30 PM
NY Public Library for the Performing Arts/Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111
Amsterdam Avenue (just south of 65th Street)
Free admission - first come, first served
Hosted by Tony Waag, "the pied piper of tap" (The New York Times),
and tap historian Constance Valis Hill, this event will feature film
presentations to honor this year's awardees and a Tribute to Brenda Bufalino.
The New Tap Dance Orchestra, will perform Bufalino's "Buff Loves Basie
Blues," premiered in 1991 at The Joyce Theater. Inspired by Count Basie riffs
and themes, the work stands as a tribute from Bufalino to Basie and to her
mentor, Charles "Honi" Coles. Live music will accompany the ensemble of
eleven dancers, which includes Olivia Rosenkrantz, Ms. Bufalino's
Reconstruction Assistant. This year's awardees are:
Mercedes Ellington Brenda Bufalino
Hoofer Award Tap Dance Hall
of Fame Award

Randy Skinner The Class Act
Hoofer Award Tap Dance Hall
of Fame Award

Marshall and Jean Stearns
Tap Preservation Award

TAP CITY ADULT STUDENT & FACULTY SHOWCASE and ADULT
RESIDENCY PERFORMANCE
Thursday July 9 at 2 PM
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street)
Tickets: $20; $10 for students, seniors, children 17 and under
Reservations: 212-864-5400 or _www.symphonyspace.org_
(http://www.symphonyspace.org/)
Tap City includes everyone! This concert offers a performance
opportunity to adult students (aged 15+), teachers, professional and senior
ensembles who have the urge to emerge. It's a chance to see and to be seen.
Amateur and professional groups from around the U.S. and the world will
be showcased, as well as works-in-progress showings by students in the Adult
Residencies.

TAP YOUTH/TAP FUTURE
For Kids, By Kids (ages 6-19)
Thursday July 9 at 7 PM
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway
Tickets: $20; $10 for students, seniors, children 17 and under
Reservations: 212-864-5400 or _www.symphonyspace.org_
(http://www.symphonyspace.org/)
Snappy young groups of young tappers (ages 6-19) will perform,
showcasing themselves and the choreography of their teachers. Guests are Tap
City Youth Ensemble, that amazing young group that has recently been the
subject of feature articles in Dance Teacher and Dancer Magazines (and how
can we not brag about Youth Program Director Susan Hebach appearing on the
cover of Dance Teacher).

TAP CITY 2009 - 'THE MAIN EVENT'
Friday July 10 at 8 PM
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway
Tickets: $35; $18 for students, seniors, children 17 and under
Reservations: 212-864-5400 or _www.symphonyspace.org_
(http://www.symphonyspace.org/)
Once again, the Mayor of Tap City Tony Waag has gathered an
eclectic cast of legendary tap dance veterans, cutting edge soloists,
contemporary ensembles, and the hottest new hoofers on the scene today. A highlight
of the evening will be the premiere performance of the New Tap Dance
Orchestra, dancing a recreation of "The Haitian Fight Song," Brenda Bufalino's
most celebrated work and a seminal piece in the canon of tap. Set to a
musical score by Charles Mingus, the work premiered in 1987 at the Cotton Club
and was also presented in 1998 on PBS' "Great Performances - Tap Dance in
America."
The international cast for "The Main Event" is a tap lovers dream:
Chloe Arnold, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy and Company, Dormeshia
Sumbry Edwards, Derick K. Grant, Nicole Harris, Sean Jackson, Chikako Iwahori,
Jamaal Kendall, Kazu Kumagai, Carson Murphy, Claudia Rahardjanato, Sarah
Reich, Lynn Schwab, Chris Scott, Jason Samuels Smith, Jimmy Sutherland, Tap
City Youth Ensemble, Tony Waag, Joseph Webb, Baakari Wilder, and more!

Classes
Tap City includes classes and workshops, July 6-11, morning to night for
dancers of all ages and styles, and on all levels, taught by a remarkable
faculty. For more information on classes, please contact the American Tap
Dance Foundation at 646-230-9564.
_www.atdf.org_ (http://www.atdf.org/)

Tap City is produced by the American Tap Dance Foundation, Tony Waag,
Founder/Director.

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